How To Install design-desktop-graphics on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install design-desktop-graphics on Debian 12.
What is design-desktop-graphics
design-desktop-graphics is:
This metapackage establishes a desktop/laptop environment for graphics designers.
Debian Design is a subset of Debian for use by visual designers.
There are three methods to install design-desktop-graphics on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install design-desktop-graphics Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install design-desktop-graphics using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install design-desktop-graphics
Install design-desktop-graphics Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install design-desktop-graphics using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install design-desktop-graphics
Install design-desktop-graphics Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install design-desktop-graphics using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install design-desktop-graphics
How To Uninstall design-desktop-graphics on Debian 12
To uninstall only the design-desktop-graphics package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove design-desktop-graphics
Uninstall design-desktop-graphics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall design-desktop-graphics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove design-desktop-graphics
Remove design-desktop-graphics Configurations and Data
To remove design-desktop-graphics configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge design-desktop-graphics
Remove design-desktop-graphics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove design-desktop-graphics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge design-desktop-graphics
Dependencies
design-desktop-graphics have the following dependencies:
- design-desktop
- bookletimposer
- cairosvg
- diffpdf
- font-manager
- fontcustom
- fontmake
- gcolor3
- gimp
- gimp-lensfun
- gimp-plugin-registry
- gpick
- gtk-vector-screenshot
- gucharmap
- inkscape
- jpeginfo
- jpegoptim
- lcdf-typetools
- libpdf-reuse-perl
- libpodofo-utils
- librsvg2-bin
- libtiff-tools
- optipng
- pdfarranger
- pdfposter
- poppler-utils
- qpdf
- sassc
- scour
- scribus
- scrot
- shotwell
- ufo2otf
- sgml-base
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install design-desktop-graphics package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.